Training course ‘NGO Do it yourself – team management’

This cycle of training course is designed to improve the quality of management in young and emerging organizations working in favor of youth. It is meant for professionalization of youth NGOs on international level by creating a solid network of partners educated in different NGO management aspects and helping each other, cooperating and disseminating the abilities they will gain.

Main aims of this project are:

Professionalization of management in youth organizations, which will result in better usage of their resources and increased efficiency.

Extention and harmonisation of the network of partners realizing similar aims of empowering, educating youngsters and support their civic participation.

Improving the quality of projects resulting in their bigger impact on local environments, beneficiaries of our partners.

Empowering youth organizations to implement participatory style of management, increasing commitment and potential for democratic participation of young people in our countries.

During this training course we will tackle human resources management in relation to NGOs. This training course will be full of practical exercises on dealing with different personalities, roles in a team est. We will also focus on working with volunteers and motivation systems.

Programme of the training course:

DAY 1

Arrivals

Getting to know the venue, introduction to the program, Rules and expectations

DAY 2

Team and trust building activities

Introduction to the topic of HR. Who is a Human Resources Manager?

DAY 3

Introduction to the theory of Group Roles

How to structure the roles in a team?

Simulation on finding our own role

DAY 4

Discover your motivation

Different types of motivation – when to use which one?

Feed back as a tool of Human Resources

‘Difficult conversations’ – how to handle them?

DAY 5

Coaching style of management – proposition for NGOs

Useful tools for problem solving

Open space for mapping out our probleems

Visit in the city

DAY 6

Interpersonal skills

Practicing interpersonal skills

Evaluation of the learning outcomes

Evaluation of the Training Course

DAY 7

Auto-reflection

Youthpass ceremony

Networking

Closing ceremony

Profile of participants:

above 18 years old

able to communicate in English

interest in the topic of the project. Interest to join the discussions and workshops

experience and involvement in youth organizations will be considered as a plus

be wiling to share the knowledge and experience from the project with CID

be able to attend the entire duration of the project

Financial details:

Food and accommodation will be 100% covered. The participants will be accommodated in a youth center (www.grunwaldheim.de)

Travel costs will be covered up to 275 EUR. The reimbursement of the money will be made after receiving all original tickets and boarding passes.